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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: The support of other EU members for Ireland is something built on a lengthy tradition of diplomatic engagement at many levels, a point which the Taoiseach's predecessor, Deputy Enda Kenny, made in the year after the Brexit referendum. It has been demonstrated in support for Ireland in negotiating guidelines. Any engagement with partners is particularly welcome but we need to understand the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is misinterpreting me. It is the process we have had for a year.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: During his visit to Sheriff Street with the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, last February, the Taoiseach stated the Departments based in the area needed to do more as members of the local community. He said this should include hiring more local residents. Will the Taoiseach outline what steps he has taken to follow up on this statement? How many local people have been hired as a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Urban Renewal Schemes (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: We only get a minute and a half.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: Not in the context of tariffs.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: The pace of developments on Brexit has increased. The Taoiseach said that the UK has to be either in the Single Market fully or outside it. We require further elaboration and clarification in the context of the Chequers statement, which, as I said yesterday, represents a significant change in direction insofar as there is now coherence emanating from the British Government, and a clear move...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with President Juncker; the issues that were discussed; if President Juncker raised the December backstop agreement; and President Juncker's views in relation to the Brexit negotiations. [27687/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: There are a number of commitments in the programme for Government in regard to education. I wish to address the commitment on capitation. The commitment is that capitation rates for schools will be set on a three-year rolling basis. This has not happened. We know that capitation rates are far too low for many schools and that they need to be increased. There is also a commitment to...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday, I brought the Taoiseach's attention a study by Ms Kathleen Ryan in Trinity College Dublin into our child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS. I referred to how thousands of children and young people are on waiting lists to access psychiatrists and psychologists, as well as how many professionals in the service were finding it challenging, frustrating and disillusioning,...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: Three weeks ago, two psychiatrists in the Waterford-Wexford area resigned their posts because they said services were falling apart. I met the Taoiseach's predecessor over the past two years and we went through these issues, along with Deputy James Browne who has monitored the mental health commitments in the confidence and supply agreement. The Taoiseach can quote figures about increased...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Ms Christine Lagarde on 26 June 2018; the persons that attended; and the issues that were discussed. [28779/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 52. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he discussed with persons (details supplied) when he met them in New York. [30534/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 55. To ask the Taoiseach the way in which the group that attended the private lunch in New York were selected and on whose recommendations; the purpose of the lunch; and the issues that were discussed. [30708/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 56. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee F (national security) last met; and the number of times it has met to date in 2018. [29353/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 60. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met with or spoken to the Chancellor of Austria; and if so, the issues they discussed. [30933/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (11 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. [30931/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: I am not getting excited. I am getting very real. I am focusing on the jobs in the economy which are often ignored.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: That was not the case for a long time.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jul 2018)

Micheál Martin: I agree with fair taxation.